| 单词 | epicenter |
| 释义 | epicenter noun[C] environment,militaryUSspecialized(UKepicentre)us/ˈep.ə.sen.t̬ɚ/uk/ˈep.ɪ.sen.tər/thepointon the earth'ssurfacedirectlyabove anearthquakeoratomicexplosion Geology: earthquakes & volcanic eruptions
epicenter| American Dictionaryepicenter noun[C] us/ˈep·ɪˌsent·ər/earth science thepointon the earth'ssurfacedirectlyabove theoriginof anearthquake: TheGreatNicobarislandslieat theclosestpointto the epicenter of theearthquake. earth science An epicenter is also theplacethat has thehighestlevelof anactivity: The U.S. cannotsimplyassumethat it willremainthe epicenter ofscientificresearchandtechnologicalinnovation. Examplesofepicenterepicenter We have also undertaken very intensive excavation in many of the monumental buildings and complexes that make up the site'sepicenter. From theCambridge English Corpus Royal individuals mostly lived in palaces in theepicenter. From theCambridge English Corpus As indicated earlier, the causeways do not connect termini with each other; rather, they connect the termini with theepicenter. From theCambridge English Corpus As in theepicenter, however, spur causeways connect elite residential groups and their associated temple-pyramids with these outlying termini. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition to the two reservoirs in theepicenter, four wells are known in the civic or communal spaces; the rest occur within residential units. From theCambridge English Corpus Seeing triadic interactions as theepicenterof development does not necessitate relegating cultural variability to the sidelines. From theCambridge English Corpus The second ring of architectural nodes and termini exist at a distance of 4.5-7.5 (and possibly up to 9.5) km from theepicenter. From theCambridge English Corpus All of the known termini from this initial ring have plazas that are as large as the major plazas in theepicenter. From theCambridge English Corpus Sixteen of the needles derive from tombs or burials; six of these interments are from the site'sepicenter. From theCambridge English Corpus The temples in the mural represented five actual temples with serpent imagery that rested in the ceremonialepicenterof the city. From theCambridge English Corpus The areas outside theepicenterwere abandoned shortly after the destruction of theepicenter. From theCambridge English Corpus Two injections were applied 1 mm rostral and two injections 1 mm caudal to the lesionepicenter, and one injection at each side 0.5 mm lateral to the cord midline. From theCambridge English Corpus The causeways indicate a system that was less well geared to individual access to markets and commodities than to managing the flow of goods through theepicenterand termini. From theCambridge English Corpus The 1906 rupture propagated both northward and southward from itsepicenterfor a total of about 300 mi. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theepicenterof the second major shock was slightly more to the north than the previous tremors. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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